Chapter Summaries

Ling Xuan visited Vegapunk on Bullet Island and described his dream of building a fairer world supported by technology. Vegapunk wanted to pursue it but explained that the project would require enormous resources and worldwide cooperation, and Ling Xuan asked whether he could succeed with full support.

• Vegapunk prepared to receive Ling Xuan, whose warship arrived at Bullet Island with Smoker and the others.
• Vegapunk welcomed Ling Xuan and showed him the research institute before Ling Xuan asked to speak with him alone.
• Ling Xuan described his dream of a world where technology and machines helped prevent chaos and ended worries about survival.
• Vegapunk praised the dream but explained that pursuing it would require many researchers, extensive funding, and cooperation across the world.
• Ling Xuan asked Vegapunk if he could build the technology if Ling Xuan provided full support and found the necessary resources.

Ling Xuan asked Vegapunk to consider a confidential commission, while the Five Elders and retired Marines reacted to his visit to Bullet Island. Elsewhere, Ace pursued Blackbeard Teach over Satch's murder, and Teach weighed whether to kill him.

• Ling Xuan gave Vegapunk time to consider his commission and reminded him to keep it confidential.
• A Five Elder learned that Ling Xuan had met with Vegapunk and decided to discuss granting Vegapunk to him, trusting that Imu would eventually resolve the threat.
• Garp and Zephyr asked Sengoku about Ling Xuan's visit, and Sengoku urged them to trust the Fleet Admiral and enjoy their retirement.
• Sengoku invited Garp and Zephyr to go fishing, while Tsuru watched the old comrades bicker fondly.
• Ace attacked Blackbeard Teach on a lonely island and accused him of killing Satch.
• Teach dodged Ace's flames and considered killing him, wondering whether Whitebeard Edward would come after him.

Vegapunk agreed to join Ling Xuan’s plan to reshape the world, and Ling Xuan assigned him work on intelligent robots while keeping the undertaking secret. Meanwhile, Marco delivered Whitebeard’s letter to Red-Haired Shanks, who opened it after Marco left.

• Blackbeard Teach decided to spare Ace’s life.
• Vegapunk went to Ling Xuan and agreed to join his plan for a fairer world.
• Ling Xuan asked Vegapunk to develop intelligent robots and identify needed personnel, while he took responsibility for securing cooperation.
• Smoker brought Ling Xuan new intelligence, which Ling Xuan read before withholding its details from him.
• Marco arrived at the Red Hair Pirates’ ship and delivered Whitebeard’s letter to Red-Haired Shanks.
• Red-Haired Shanks opened and began reading Whitebeard’s letter.

Ling Xuan returned from Bullet Island with talent files and ordered Navy Headquarters to fully fund Vegapunk’s research institute. He then told Aokiji he intended to abolish the Seven Warlords of the Sea system, while Shanks agreed to Whitebeard’s proposal and prepared to send Beckman with his reply.

• Ling Xuan told Smoker that the files Vegapunk gave him were talent records and decided not to involve the Revolutionary Army in his plans.
• Shanks and his crew read Whitebeard’s letter, and Beckman warned that allying with the aging Whitebeard could put the Red Hair Pirates at a disadvantage.
• Shanks agreed to Whitebeard’s proposal, ordered Beckman to deliver his reply in person, and called for a banquet.
• Ling Xuan ordered Smoker to provide the Bullet Island research institute with all the personnel, materials, and funding Vegapunk needed.
• Ling Xuan told Aokiji he intended to abolish the Seven Warlords of the Sea system, and Aokiji doubted the authorities would allow it.

Ling Xuan assigned Aokiji to dismantle the Seven Warlords of the Sea and sent Akainu to clean up corruption in the Four Seas. After the abolition was announced worldwide, Aokiji confronted Crocodile in Alabasta and began arresting him.

• Ling Xuan ordered Aokiji to arrest criminal Seven Warlords of the Sea members and bring them in.
• Ling Xuan tasked Akainu with overseeing the Four Seas, rooting out corruption, and holding him accountable for any further Navy scandals.
• Ling Xuan enlisted Vice Admiral Hiken to help prepare the announcement, and newspapers soon reported that the Seven Warlords system had been abolished and Akainu would oversee the Four Seas.
• Crocodile read the news in Alabasta, angrily ordered Nico Robin to hide their valuables and cancel their plans, and realized his preparations were in jeopardy.
• Aokiji froze Crocodile and Nico Robin, then told Crocodile that the Seven Warlords system had been abolished by order of Fleet Admiral Ling Xuan.

Aokiji captured Crocodile and imprisoned him alongside Gecko Moria and Jinbe, while leaving Nico Robin behind. At Mary Geoise, the Five Elders raged over Ling Xuan abolishing the Seven Warlords but decided to wait for Imu to awaken before confronting him.

• Aokiji revoked Crocodile’s Warlord status, froze him, and left Nico Robin behind without explanation.
• Aokiji’s Marines shackled Crocodile with Seastone cuffs and electronic bombs, then locked him in a ship’s prison cell.
• Crocodile recognized the imprisoned Gecko Moria, who said Aokiji had captured him after invading Thriller Bark.
• Crocodile and Gecko Moria noticed Jinbe was imprisoned with them and discussed how the seas had changed since Kaido and Big Mom were defeated.
• The Five Elders condemned Ling Xuan for abolishing the Seven Warlords without consulting them, then agreed to wait for Imu to awaken before acting.

Ling Xuan discussed the World Government’s silence over his abolition of the Seven Warlords of the Sea with Smoker, then attended a banquet at Sengoku’s home with his companions. There, Garp and Zephyr praised Ling Xuan for his bold decision and its effect on Marine morale.

• The Five Elders decided to leave Ling Xuan and the Marines alone until Lord Imu awakened, avoiding actions that might alert him.
• Smoker questioned Ling Xuan about why the World Government had not challenged him for abolishing the Seven Warlords of the Sea, but Ling Xuan changed the subject and invited him to Sengoku’s banquet.
• Garp, Zephyr, and Vice Admiral Tsuru arrived at Sengoku’s residence and discussed why Sengoku had organized the gathering.
• Ling Xuan arrived at the banquet with Smoker, Kuina, Nami, Yamato, and Tashigi, and Garp asked whether he knew its purpose.
• Garp and Zephyr praised Ling Xuan for abolishing the Seven Warlords of the Sea and boosting Marine morale.

At Sengoku's retirement banquet, Ling Xuan explained his dream of building a fair world governed by intelligent machines and laws. Sengoku accepted the danger of Ling Xuan's plans and offered his support.

• Zephyr warned Ling Xuan that the World Government would retaliate for abolishing the Seven Warlords of the Sea, but Ling Xuan said he had a plan.
• Ling Xuan attended Sengoku's banquet with Garp, Zephyr, Kuina, Nami, and Yamato, where Sengoku thanked the guests for their help over the years.
• Sengoku took Ling Xuan aside and asked whether he had considered the Five Elders' hostility and the instability that abolishing the Seven Warlords could cause.
• Ling Xuan described his dream of using intelligent machines as the foundation of law to create a fair and equal world, deeply shocking Sengoku.
• Sengoku recognized why Ling Xuan had abolished the Seven Warlords and agreed that the Five Elders would oppose him regardless.
• Sengoku encouraged Ling Xuan to pursue his plans and offered the support of the retired Navy officials.

Two years after Ling Xuan and the Five Elders settled into an uneasy peace, Vegapunk completed an artificial intelligence based on Ling Xuan’s vision of the future. The Five Elders decided to test Ling Xuan while he was away from Navy Headquarters, and the chapter ended as Vegapunk activated the Mechanical Brain.

• Sengoku accepted Ling Xuan’s ambition and left to discuss it with Garp, Zephyr, and the other elders.
• Over the next two years, the Whitebeard and Red Hair Pirates formed the Dual Emperor Alliance, while Blackbeard Teach built a rival force.
• Smoker told Ling Xuan that Vegapunk had completed his invention, and Ling Xuan left for the Bullet Island research institute.
• After learning Ling Xuan had left Navy Headquarters, the Five Elders agreed to test his strength using their available forces.
• Vegapunk showed Ling Xuan and Smoker the Mechanical Brain and pressed its red activation button.

Ling Xuan saw Vegapunk’s Mechanical Brain answer questions with exceptional intelligence and asked him to increase production, then left Bullet Island with plans to use the technology to reshape the seas. As CP0 agents set an ambush for his warship, Ling Xuan contacted Monkey D. Dragon and agreed that the Revolutionary Army would begin its operation the next day.

• Ling Xuan and Smoker tested Vegapunk’s Mechanical Brain and were impressed by its knowledge and intelligence.
• Ling Xuan praised Vegapunk and asked him to increase production of the Mechanical Brains, and Vegapunk agreed.
• Ling Xuan left Bullet Island after assigning Smoker to protect Vegapunk and the research institute.
• CP0 agents received the Five Elders’ order to attack Ling Xuan’s warship and pursued it through the sea.
• Ling Xuan called Monkey D. Dragon, explained the Mechanical Brain’s success, and Dragon announced that the Revolutionary Army would act starting the next day.

Ling Xuan ended a surprise attack by four Admiral-level fighters and dozens of ships with one sword strike, while the Five Elders learned their forces had been wiped out. As they considered whether Ling Xuan might rival Lord Imu, Imu showed signs of awakening.

• Ling Xuan told Dragon that the Revolutionary Army had to continue its work while he prepared to make major moves of his own.
• Dozens of ships attacked Ling Xuan's warship, and four Admiral-level fighters approached from the cardinal directions.
• Ling Xuan used Wado Ichimonji to destroy the attackers with one slash, leaving his Navy subordinates unharmed.
• In Mary Geoise, the Five Elders waited for news as Lord Imu lay trembling on a bed in a forbidden residence.
• The bald Five Elder learned that Ling Xuan had wiped out the entire force without being injured.
• The Five Elders panicked over the defeat, and one wondered whether Ling Xuan had reached Lord Imu's level of strength.

The Five Elders learned that Ling Xuan had survived their attack and feared his power, but Imu awakened and took interest in him. Days later, Ling Xuan began recalling Navy admirals to Headquarters.

• The Five Elders worried that Ling Xuan knew they had sent four Admiral-level fighters after him, then sensed Imu awakening in Holy Land Mary Geoise.
• Ling Xuan ordered his warship to return to Navy Headquarters and decided to deal with the Five Elders after clearing the seas of pirates.
• The Five Elders knelt before Imu, and the bald Five Elder recounted the events of the past two years and warned that Ling Xuan might be more dangerous than those who had reached the summit.
• Imu asked to hear about Ling Xuan, while the Five Elders continued explaining his history and strength.
• Days later, Ling Xuan ordered Akainu in North Blue and Kizaru at the former G-3 Base to return to Headquarters, and both admirals agreed.

Ling Xuan ordered the Three Admirals to launch a campaign against the major pirate groups in the New World, prompting the Five Elders and the pirate powers to speculate about the Marines’ target. Whitebeard Edward and Red-Haired Shanks prepared for the coming fight, while Blackbeard Teach readied his crew.

• Ling Xuan summoned Kizaru, Akainu, and Aokiji and told them it was time to eliminate the remaining major pirate groups.
• The Three Admirals led a vast Marine fleet toward the New World under Ling Xuan’s orders.
• The Five Elders learned of the mobilization, argued over whether to confront Ling Xuan, and decided to leave the matter to Lord Imu.
• Blackbeard Teach received news of the Marines’ advance and ordered his crew to prepare for an attack.
• Whitebeard Edward and Red-Haired Shanks discussed the coming campaign, and Shanks expressed confidence in facing the Marines while Whitebeard worried about his failing health.

Sengoku explained Ling Xuan’s long-held plan to Garp, Zephyr, and Tsuru as Ling Xuan sailed with a Marine fleet toward the New World. The Marines launched a campaign against Blackbeard Teach and the allied forces, and Aokiji and Akainu prepared to confront Teach at Whole Cake Island.

• Sengoku told Garp, Zephyr, and Tsuru about Ling Xuan’s dream and what he had revealed two years earlier.
• Ling Xuan departed Navy Headquarters with Yamato and dozens of warships, leaving Kuina and Nami behind.
• The Marines declared war on the New World’s Emperor alliance and Blackbeard Teach’s forces while the Revolutionary Army attacked corrupt member nations.
• Marine forces surrounded Whole Cake Island, and Blackbeard Teach led his men out to meet them.
• Aokiji warned Akainu not to underestimate Teach, who had survived after defecting from Whitebeard Edward.

The Navy launched simultaneous attacks on Blackbeard Teach and the Dual Emperor Alliance, with Akainu and Aokiji engaging Blackbeard as Kizaru faced Whitebeard Edward and Red-Haired Shanks. Blackbeard revealed a lightning ability and aimed a massive storm at the Navy, while a powerful swordsman appeared above the Alliance’s battlefield.

• Blackbeard Teach rallied his crew and attacked the approaching Navy fleet, beginning a fierce battle at sea.
• Whitebeard Edward and Red-Haired Shanks discovered that only Kizaru and a group of Vice Admirals were confronting them, then sensed a powerful sword aura overhead.
• The Navy fleet bombarded Blackbeard’s forces, and Akainu and Aokiji’s ice and magma attacks caused countless pirate casualties.
• Blackbeard Teach announced that he had obtained a new ability and summoned lightning, shattering Aokiji’s ice and filling the sky with bolts aimed at Navy soldiers.
• Akainu chose to counter Blackbeard’s lightning as Aokiji confronted him about possessing two Devil Fruit abilities.

Akainu and Aokiji fought Blackbeard Teach, while Teach’s Lightning-Lightning Fruit let him attack both Marines and his own crew. Ling Xuan confronted Whitebeard Edward and Red-Haired Shanks, and after they refused to surrender, the Marines opened fire on the Dual Emperor Alliance.

• Aokiji engaged Blackbeard Teach while Akainu used his awakened magma powers to clash with Teach’s lightning, and their attacks shook the battlefield.
• The surviving Blackbeard Pirates grew fearful and considered fleeing, so Teach struck down many of his own subordinates with lightning.
• Ling Xuan appeared above Wado Ichimonji and offered Whitebeard Edward and Red-Haired Shanks a chance to surrender, but both refused.
• Ling Xuan ordered Kizaru to begin the attack, and the Marines aimed their warship cannons at the Moby Dick and the Dual Emperor Alliance.
• Shanks ordered the pirates to scatter and sever the ropes between their ships as cannon fire surged toward them.

Whitebeard Edward, Red-Haired Shanks, and Ling Xuan led their forces into battle, with the three leaders heading to an island to fight separately. Elsewhere, Blackbeard Teach overwhelmed Akainu and Aokiji and offered them a chance to surrender, but the two Admirals answered with mocking smiles.

• Whitebeard Edward shattered the air to repel the cannon barrage, and Kizaru destroyed the returning cannonballs with Yata no Kagami: Radiance.
• Red-Haired Shanks and Whitebeard Edward ordered their forces to attack, while Ling Xuan sent Kizaru and the vice admirals into the battle and moved to an uninhabited island.
• Red-Haired Shanks and Whitebeard Edward followed Ling Xuan to the island, leaving their subordinates to fight on the sea.
• Lord Imu departed Holy Land Mary Geoise by boat, and the Five Elders speculated about her plans before returning inside.
• Blackbeard Teach forced Akainu and Aokiji to their knees with his Dark-Dark Fruit and Lightning-Lightning Fruit powers, then offered to spare them if they surrendered.
• Akainu and Aokiji exchanged mocking smiles after Blackbeard Teach offered to recruit them.

Ling Xuan challenged Red-Haired Shanks and Whitebeard Edward, offering Shanks answers and making Whitebeard’s sons’ freedom depend on the outcome. As their battle began, the two Emperors unleashed their powers against him while the other fighters watched.

• Aokiji and Akainu launched a final combined attack against Blackbeard Teach with Ice Age and Heavenly Dragon Lava Fist as he called down Ten Thousand Thunderbolts.
• Red-Haired Shanks questioned Ling Xuan’s belief that defeating the Celestial Dragons would improve the world, and Ling Xuan argued that only artificial intelligence could treat people equally.
• Whitebeard Edward arrived beside Shanks, and Ling Xuan challenged them, promising Shanks an answer if he won and warning Whitebeard that his sons would remain in Impel Down if he lost.
• Whitebeard Edward and Red-Haired Shanks began fighting Ling Xuan, with Whitebeard shattering the space around him and Shanks unleashing Conqueror’s Haki.

Ling Xuan’s enormous sword slash collided with Whitebeard Edward and Red-Haired Shanks’s strongest attacks, unleashing a catastrophic sea typhoon. Marco and Kizaru halted their battle to face the wave before it reached either side’s forces.

• Weapons across the battlefield began shaking violently, and Beckman and Marco identified Ling Xuan as the cause rather than a Devil Fruit ability.
• Ling Xuan summoned a phantom of Wado Ichimonji over ten thousand meters tall and slashed at Whitebeard Edward and Red-Haired Shanks.
• Whitebeard Edward and Red-Haired Shanks combined their strongest attacks against the slash, and their clash created a Level 12 Typhoon Sea Tsunami.
• Kizaru and Marco agreed to stop fighting and flew to confront the approaching tsunami while their forces evacuated.
• Marco and Kizaru prepared to unleash their techniques against the tsunami.

Ling Xuan defeated Whitebeard Edward and Red-Haired Shanks, ending the old Yonko era and ordering that they be taken to Impel Down. After a Navy report revealed that something major had happened, Vice Admiral Pix hurried to tell Ling Xuan.

• Marco and Kizaru combined their attacks to freeze and pierce the Level 12 typhoon tsunami, but both sensed another threat before they could relax.
• Blackbeard's surviving crew celebrated their captain's victory over two Navy Admirals while clearing the battlefield on Whole Cake Island.
• Ling Xuan stood unharmed over the wounded Whitebeard Edward and Red-Haired Shanks after defeating their alliance, and the Marines celebrated as the pirates fell silent.
• Red-Haired Shanks asked Ling Xuan about his plans for the coming era, and Ling Xuan said Shanks would hear them in Impel Down.
• Vice Admiral Pix received an alarming report by Den Den Mushi and hurried to Ling Xuan, who told Kizaru to handle Whitebeard Edward and Red-Haired Shanks.